Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pumpkin (musician)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:34, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pumpkin (musician)[edit]

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Non notable musician. Koala15 (talk) 20:15, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. czar · · 22:24, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Notable musician, who played an important part in many early hip hop recordings. Albums released on Profile and Tuff City. --Michig (talk) 07:32, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - According to this book, is a seminal figure in early recorded rap. Called "legendary" in this book. There's more material in a book search that can't been viewed, but what can be seen would indicate that he is an important figure in the genre during its early days. -- Whpq (talk) 13:58, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. In addition to the above, Pumpkin has been described as a "hip hop innovator" and "arguably rap's first production hero" [1] and a "seminal" early rap figure [2]. He and his work are also discussed in these magazines (snippet views). Gong show 02:48, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above. Looks like a notable musician. — Joaquin008 ^(talk) 10:53, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've seen two of the three cites in the article at nomination and they clearly demonstrate notability in my view. Perhaps the nominator doesn't believe in books. 86.42.88.41 (talk) 21:58, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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